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Party mandates and democracy : making, breaking, and keeping election pledges in twelve countries

Naurin, Elin, 1975- editor, Royed, Terry J., 1959- editor, Thomson, Robert, 1972- editor

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\"When people discuss politics, they often mention the promises made by politicians during election campaigns. Promises raise hopes and expectations that positive policy changes are possible, but people are generally skeptical of these promises. Party Mandates and Democracy focuses specifically on the extent to which and conditions under which governments fulfill the promises made by parties during election campaigns - and finds that contrary to conventional wisdom, in most countries most of the time, a majority of pledges--and sometimes a large majority--are fulfilled. The fulfillment of parties' election pledges is an essential part of the democratic process. This book is, however, the first major and genuinely comparative study of the topic across a broad range of countries and elections, including the US, Canada, nine Western European countries, and Bulgaria. In order to facilitate valid cross-national comparison, individual country case studies were tightly coordinated in terms of definitions of pledges and assessment of fulfillment. A number of explanations of variation in pledge fulfillment across countries are explored. The presence of power-sharing arrangements between governing parties is found to be an important factor; the book thus adds to the considerable body of literature on the impact of alternative democratic institutions on a variety of outcomes\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Subject: Campaign promises Case studies. / Political campaigns Case studies. / Political parties Case studies. / Comparative government.
• ISBN: 9780472131211

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
JF2112.C37 P37 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE